Mathematicians discover new way of multiplying large numbers
The findings may represent the 'fastest multiplication algorithm mathematically possible'
Mathematicians have reportedly discovered a new way of multiplying two numbers together.
The new technique is for really large numbers, and if it passes a peer-review, could be the fastest possible way of multiplying whole numbers.
According to the mathematicians, from Australia and France, long multiplication used to be the only way to multiply - but proved tedious and time-consuming when the numbers became too large.
Even for computers, the long multiplication algorithm, defined as n to the power of, could reportedly take months if each number had a billion digits.
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